Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sunnyland Slim, with Bob Stroger, Odie Payne, and Lurrie Bell

I wrote about Bob Stroger a few days ago. I saw him for the first time as a reasonably elderly man. Here he is as a young one backing Sunnyland Slim, with Lurrie Bell on guitar. One of the things I love about it is that the video really features drummer Odie Payne, (who drummed on a number of Chuck Berry cuts), first mugging to the crowd, then playing. (Hubert Sumlin is supposedly there, but I didn't see him in the bits I watched. I know he's on some of the other songs from this set.)

About Me

I've been a little obsessed with Chuck Berry since I was 14 and saw him play a sad set at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium many many many years ago. This blog is my personal tribute to the man and his music. He really did wind up equalling the influence of Beethoven. And Tchaikovsky? Not even close.
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